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Are the Ten Commandments truly unique?
In 1952, Assyriologist Jean Bottéro made a troubling discovery at the Louvre before the stele of Hammurabi's Code, dated 1750 BCE: the biblical commandments already existed, carved in Babylonian stone, a thousand years before Moses.

This documentary examines the striking parallels between Hammurabi's Code and the Ten Commandments. "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth," the prohibition of adultery, protection of property, respect for parents - all these laws already existed in Babylonia in the 18th century BCE.

When Hebrew scribes were exiled to Babylon in 586 BCE, they lived fifty years at the heart of this juridical civilization. Upon their return, they compiled the Torah in its definitive form, integrating these ancient laws into a new sacred narrative: the Sinai revelation.

Through Jean Bottéro's work and analysis of cuneiform texts, we discover how the Ten Commandments did not fall from heaven, but result from a brilliant cultural adaptation that enabled the Jewish people to survive exile.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
03:45 - Jean Bottéro's Discovery at the Louvre (1952)
09:30 - Hammurabi's Code: The Original Laws (1750 BCE)
16:20 - "Eye for Eye": Identical Legal Structures
25:15 - Protection of Property and Marriage Laws
33:40 - The Babylonian Exile: Cultural Transmission (586 BCE)
42:25 - Why Hebrew Scribes Adapted These Laws
50:30 - The Human Legacy of "Divine" Commandments
57:45 - What This Means for Us Today
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PRIMARY SOURCES:
Jean Bottéro, "Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods"
Hammurabi's Code (Louvre stele, Sb 8)
Samuel Noah Kramer, "History Begins at Sumer"

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